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W&L Volleyball Picked to Finish First in ODAC

Aug 25, 1999

LEXINGTON, Va. -- The 1999 Washington and Lee volleyball team
was recently named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)
preseason favorite for the upcoming season. Voting was conducted by
the conference's coaches.

The team returns the majority of their 1998 squad which finished
the season with a 26-2 record. The conference has also released
their preseason soccer polls for 1999. The W&L women's soccer
squad was predicted to play their way to a fourth place conference
finish. The men were picked sixth in their poll despite returning
two First Team All-ODAC selections.

The W&L volleyball squad enters the 1999 season with their
sights firmly set on a fourth conference title in five seasons.
Leading the way will be the 1997 ODAC Player of the Year, Nancy
Reinhart (Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart), and last season's
Conference Rookie of the Year, Lindsay Ruckert (Metarie, La./Sacred
Heart). The squad is coached by the 1998 ODAC Coach of the Year,
Terri Dadio Campbell. Four starters and 10 letterwinners return
from last season's championship team.

Coach Jan Hathorn faces major losses despite returning eight
starters from her 1998 women's soccer squad which tied for the
conference regular-season titlewith an 11-3 overall record. W&L
will need to find a way to recover from the loss of all-time
scoring leader Karin Treese. The squad does return one 1998 First
Team All-ODAC selection, Kate Bidwell (Pensacola,
Fla./Escambia).

The W&L men's soccer team is led by Jamie Parker (Pittsford,
N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) who enters the season as the school's
second all-time leading scorer. Paul Wallace (Roanoke, Va./Patrick
Henry), the 1998 ODAC Rookie of the Year, returns to provide a
solid anchor for the Generals' midfield. The Generals finished last
season with a 10-4-3 overall record.